{"id":34514,"date":"2023-07-04T16:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1853654"},"modified":"2023-07-05T10:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T08:55:03","slug":"gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"Gladiators star Jet wanted to return for BBC reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Original Gladiators star Diane Youdale, aka Jet, speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com about the BBC Gladiators reboot. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 04 July 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The BBC are bringing back one of the biggest entertainment shows of the \u201990s this year with the return of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/gladiators-bbc-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Gladiators<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The reboot will see a <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/gladiators-2023-cast-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">brand new cast<\/a> taking on members of the public as they compete in a series of challenges, while Bradley Walsh and his son Barney will present the show.<\/p>\n<p>While the format is expected to remain the same, we won\u2019t be seeing any of the original Gladiators on the BBC show, although original Gladiator Diane Youdale, aka Jet, mentioned she would have liked to be involved.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> on behalf of <a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/protect-eu.mimecast.com\/s\/o5UcCQOglfNmD9ZU9s8jC&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.ice36.co.uk\/blog\/icepr\/gladiators-returns-to-british-screens-diane-youdale-aka-jet\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">ICE 36<\/a>, she revealed: \u201cI was contacted to go and sit in the audience and have a few interviews. I would have liked to have done consultancy work behind-the-scenes because I\u2019m a psychotherapist and I also know the arena inside out.\u201d<\/p> <p>She added: \u201cI\u2019d love to have done some background interviews about what\u2019s going on for you psychologically, how you go about going into that arena and approaching that event and this contender whose proven themselves to be awesome. I\u2019d love to have done that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/gladiators-bbc-bradley-barney-walsh-host-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Bradley Walsh and son Barney team up to host Gladiators reboot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/gladiator-mark-rhino-smith-join-bbc-reboot-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Original Gladiator Mark \u2018Rhino\u2019 Smith wants to join BBC reboot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite not being involved with the show in the way she\u2019d have liked, Diane is looking forward to the reboot, which she thinks is going to be \u201cexcellent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presenter slots are all taken,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cThe father and son duo are quite good together in front of the camera for a slightly more critique, comedic value. The referees are going to be excellent and hopefully very serious because it is a competition and it\u2019s an athletic arena so it needs to have the gravitas and the respect it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contenders are going to be excellent. There\u2019s no doubt about it. Today\u2019s sports science, nutrition and functional fitness will mean that any athlete who has been selected for the show are going to be very good, so the Glads have to be that much more, they really do.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6330240931112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p><strong>Gladiators will air on BBC One in 2023. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Original Gladiators star Diane Youdale, aka Jet, speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com about the BBC Gladiators reboot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34515,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot.jpg",1048,698,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot.jpg",1048,698,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/07\/gladiators-star-jet-wanted-to-return-for-bbc-reboot.jpg",1048,698,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Original Gladiators star Diane Youdale, aka Jet, speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com about the BBC Gladiators reboot.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/34514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}